Grandpa's Stopwatch
Loretta Garbutt(Author)
Upside Down Books (Publisher)
Published on 17. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-83796-425-3 (ISBN)
Description
Grandpa's favourite thing is a stopwatch, and he and his grandchild use it to time everything: racing to the end of the street and back (best speed: 24 seconds); the time it takes to eat a whole bubble gum ice cream cone (1 minute, 58 seconds - brain freeze: 6 seconds); a snore-filled nap on the couch (20 minutes).
When Grandpa dies, his grandchild inherits the beloved stopwatch. But the child doesn't want the stopwatch... 'I want him.'
The child throws the stopwatch into the back of a drawer, sadness overwhelms, and everything feels different. Nothing seems right, now that Grandpa is gone.
But with the passage of time, the comforting tick, tick, tick of the stopwatch, and happy memories, life does move forward...
When Grandpa dies, his grandchild inherits the beloved stopwatch. But the child doesn't want the stopwatch... 'I want him.'
The child throws the stopwatch into the back of a drawer, sadness overwhelms, and everything feels different. Nothing seems right, now that Grandpa is gone.
But with the passage of time, the comforting tick, tick, tick of the stopwatch, and happy memories, life does move forward...
Reviews / Votes
'A touching story about love, loss and the healing power of time [...] told in a gentle and hopeful way, this is the perfect book to help discuss the death of a loved one with a child' - Pick Me UpMore details
Edition
International
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Trigger Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 2 to 5 years
ISBN-13
978-1-83796-425-3 (9781837964253)
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Loretta Garbutt
Grandpa's Stopwatch
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10/2021
Welbeck Children's Books
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Persons
Loretta Garbutt is a children's bookseller and voice actor based in Toronto, Ontario. She has played the voice of Valerie on the beloved children's television series Max and Ruby and the voice of Franklin the Turtle. This is her debut picture book. Carmen Mok is a studio art graduate of the University of Waterloo and a craft and design graduate of Sheridan College. She has illustrated a number of children's books for publishers across Canada and the United States. Carmen lives in St. Catharines, Ontario.